{"id":3517,"date":"2020-12-23T09:58:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T09:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoriamag.com\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2020-12-24T09:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T09:59:26","slug":"whitmer-to-sign-covid-19-relief-bill-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoriamag.com\/?p=3517","title":{"rendered":"Whitmer to sign COVID-19 relief bill next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LANSING, Mich. &#8211; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign the $483 million COVID-19 relief package approved by the Michigan legislature next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">$64 million has been set aside to help small businesses that have been closed or had their operations limited by shutdowns. $220 million will go towards unemployment benefits. $45 million will be given to workers who have been laid off or furloughed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That includes up to $1,650 of state aid per person who has lost their job. Gov. Whitmer says those people will see the money soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re gonna work as quickly as we can, we\u2019ve built up an apparatus, and so I do believe that it will translate into help quickly,\u201d Whitmer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Whitmer says $57 million dollars also went to COVID-19 vaccine distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LANSING, Mich. &#8211; Gov. 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